Envy Kills (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780999408971)

"Meet Tricia Maguire. What fun!" says Readers' Favorite.

"She's feisty but funny, holy but horny, nosey but nice."

An ambitious young widow and journalist, Tricia dreams of romance and children with Justin Hardy, and a leap from her small New Jersey paper to The New York Times. But she's fighting more than deadlines-her weight, her ticking biological clock, her envy, and the scars of a disastrous first marriage that left her wary of men.

When a shocking murder rocks the local museum, Tricia investigates with daring. Every suspect hides a darker motive than the last. A chase through a swamp. A gunfight in a solarium. An unstable kidnapper. And in the end, Tricia discovers that envy does indeed kill.

Will she achieve her Times-worthy ambitions-or finally choose love? Can she make peace with herself before her battles consume her, despite her Twelve Step spirituality?

A witty, suspenseful mystery steeped in the grit of noir Central Jersey.